Unreviewed Sith Runestone

[Avarice]

SITH RUNESTONE
Dark-Side Force Relic Submission​

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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION

• Intent: To submit a replica dark-side runestone created by Avarice, modeled after the ancient Sith runestone that corrupted Jedi and turned them against one another.
• Image Source: N/A
• Canon Link: Ancient Sith Runestone
• Permissions: N/A
• Primary Source: Avarice

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

• Manufacturer: Avarice
• Affiliation: Avarice
• Market Status: Closed Market
• Model: Replica Sith Runestone
• Modularity: No
• Production: Unique
• Material: Carved blackstone and obsidian, electrum-filled rune channels, a ritually prepared mineral core, and Force-bound inscriptions shaped through Force imbuement and ancient runic craft.

SPECIAL FEATURES

• Corruptive Presence: The stone radiates a low spiritual pressure that can breed unease, suspicion, and emotional instability in those who remain near it over time, echoing the original runestone’s talent for turning allies against one another.
• Crush Opposition: Its field may sap resolve in the surrounding area in a fashion comparable to Crush Opposition, making those nearby easier to unsettle, frighten, or overwhelm psychologically.
• Suppress Thoughts: Through influences akin to Qâzoi Kyantuska, the runestone can cloud judgment, press upon the mind, and leave a victim more vulnerable to implanted fears, hostile urges, or misdirected loyalties.
• Mind Shard Effect: Focused exposure may splinter concentration in a manner comparable to Mind Shard, causing mental pain, broken focus, and difficulty sustaining deliberate Force control.
• Dark Illusion: The stone may impress false impressions, warped visions, and hostile misreadings upon those around it, drawing on effects comparable to Dark Illusion to erode trust and certainty.
• Force Corruptive Influence: Its influence can push thoughts and impulses toward betrayal, aggression, or violent misjudgment in a way comparable to Force Corrupt.
• Hatred Saturation: Prolonged exposure may thicken the atmosphere with violent emotion in a manner comparable to Hatred, making anger easier to feed and restraint harder to keep.

STRENGTHS

• Excellent at poisoning trust, clarity, and cohesion in groups rather than merely harming a single target.
• Applies layered pressure through fear, mental pain, coercive influence, and distorted perception.
• Works especially well in enclosed spaces, negotiations, temples, vaults, or any setting where people must remain near it long enough for its pressure to build.
• Can undermine even trained Force-users by attacking concentration, discipline, and emotional balance instead of relying on brute force alone.
• Its effects are thematic and mutually reinforcing; suspicion feeds anger, anger clouds judgment, and misjudgment invites conflict.

WEAKNESSES

• Its influence is strongest through proximity and sustained exposure; brief encounters may not allow the full weight of its pressure to build.
• Those protected by strong discipline, Force Resistance, cleansing rites, or clear warding practices may blunt or resist its more esoteric effects.
• Force Light, similar purifying techniques, or careful containment can suppress or strip away some of its malign influence.
• Full Force suppression, nullification fields, Force-dead zones, or similar anti-Force conditions can blunt or fully shut down the runestone’s more esoteric effects while they remain active.
• Its corruptive field is not perfectly selective; careless use may strain allies and handlers as readily as enemies.
• Though dangerous, it is still a physical object and may be contained, warded, displaced, or broken if not adequately protected.
• Its power lies in destabilization and manipulation, not direct physical destruction.

DESCRIPTION
This relic is not the original Ancient Sith Runestone, but a replica created by Avarice to reproduce and intensify its most infamous quality: the ability to corrupt judgment and turn companions against one another. Rather than functioning as a weapon in the ordinary sense, the stone works by pressing on the weakest seams in a group or individual. Suspicion rises first. Focus breaks next. Then anger, misread intent, and darkened instinct begin to do the rest.

Its runes are shaped to produce layered effects that work in concert. The stone weakens resolve, troubles concentration, distorts perception, and feeds destructive impulse until conflict becomes easier than trust. In that way, it is not merely a relic of fear, but of fracture. Its purpose is to make unity brittle, clarity uncertain, and restraint expensive. Handled carefully, it is a sophisticated coercive artifact. Handled poorly, it is an invitation to let a room destroy itself.